The thing is, given that HP is and was a computer company, this is exactly the area they should have been looking at when doing the due diligence.
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Resiliency and footprint aside, the MacBook remains a member of a different class of computer from the HP and Dell machines that I reviewed, as its price suggests.
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In December 2010, Ellison announced a new computer line that would compete directly with HP servers.
The new software will need ever more powerful hardware to work well, and both HP and Dell Computer have been working with Microsoft for over a year to tweak their boxes for the new operating systems.
When the HP chief executive announced his transformation strategy for the struggling computer giant a month ago, investors roundly voted against his plan.
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Most analysts back at the beginning of 2000s considered Apple a computer company and included it in the same silo as HP, Dell, and IBM.
But HP, a company synonymous with the birth of Silicon Valley, and Compaq Computer, a Houston-based firm which once pioneered PC price-cutting, may yet have to restructure their deal or abandon it entirely.
In addition, the program comes pre-installed on all HP computers, and Easybits has just signed a similar deal with a rival computer maker that should see Magic Desktop being pre-installed on 10 million computers by the end of 2008, Mr Jolstad says.
Of course, when we actually saw Open webOS 1.0 it was already stretching to fill the space of an HP TouchSmart computer screen (project architect Steve Winston specifically mentioned hotel kiosks as a possibility, a market LG is all over) so it makes sense that larger displays have been a target.
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Back in 2002, everyone considered Apple a computer company and the analysts who followed it also covered IBM, HP, Dell, etc.
That business is tied to declines in PC shipments suffered by HP, Dell, Acer and other computer builders in calendar Q3 -- historically a productive back-to-school buying quarter.
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Marry HP and Compaq, and you have a potential T. rex in the food chain of computer imaging, printing, security and storage.
Connected to a TV and stereo, the book-size HP box draws entertainment right out of the computer and lets you manage it from onscreen menus.
The consultants could also help sell a full line of PCs, servers and high-end computer gear from the combined operations of HP and Compaq.
Analysts are looking for 22 cents per share, which would be a 17% increase from the year-ago quarter--well before HP closed its purchase of Compaq Computer .
While the company distributes millions of copies of its dominant Windows operating system (which holds about 90% of the PC market) through computer makers such as HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and others, the company reached a deal with Nokia to begin to expand its smartphone presence.
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